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underpants

(182,829 posts)
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 06:18 PM Dec 2017

House has to re-vote on tax bill. **When you clustervote a fustercluck**

House must revote on approved final GOP tax bill, fearing Byrd Rule objections

The House will revote on the bill it passed to much fanfare Tuesday afternoon, fearing procedural violations in the version it already passed.

The vote will likely take place Wednesday. The Senate is still expected to take up the bill later Tuesday evening.

Several provisions in the House-passed overhaul appear to violate the procedural rules of the Senate, according to Democrats, and the Senate will need to vote on whether to waive the rules and keep those provisions in the bill, which takes 60 votes. Republicans will most likely lose those votes, striking the contested provisions from the bill and changing the language of the legislation. After the bill gets a final stamp of approval in the Senate, the bill will return to the house for a revote, likely Wednesday morning.

One possible violation involves the use of 529 savings accounts for home-schooling, and private elementary and high schools. Another exempts colleges from a new endowment tax if they have fewer than 500 students paying tuition. Another objection appears technical in nature, as the bill repeals a section by its number, instead of the title of the section.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-tax-bill-house-passes-tax-reform-bill-live-updates/

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House has to re-vote on tax bill. **When you clustervote a fustercluck** (Original Post) underpants Dec 2017 OP
I'm guessing what'll happen is bearsfootball516 Dec 2017 #1
These guys are incompetent. Even at corruption JDC Dec 2017 #2
It Would Really Be Funny If After Their First Vote Today.... global1 Dec 2017 #3
I like the way you think, that is a distinct possibility..LOL. n/t monmouth4 Dec 2017 #4
KnR Hekate Dec 2017 #5

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
1. I'm guessing what'll happen is
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 06:20 PM
Dec 2017

Republicans will eliminate those small provisions, and the revote will pass with the same count as the one today.

global1

(25,253 posts)
3. It Would Really Be Funny If After Their First Vote Today....
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 06:27 PM
Dec 2017

that a lot of Repug House Members left D.C. to start their holiday vacation and they didn't have enough votes for this second re-vote.

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